araguato

English

Etymology

From or cognate to French araguate (whence the rare older English spelling araguate), likely from Cariban; compare Kari'na arawata and the other cognates listed at alouatte. The Century Dictionary suggests a possible relation to guariba and/or araba (an obsolete word for a howler monkey of the genus Mycetes). On the other hand, Merriam-Webster attributes it to Cariban.

Noun

araguato (plural araguatos)

1. A South American howler monkey, the ursine howler (Alouatta arctoidea).

Translations

a South American monkey, Mycetes ursinus

• Portuguese: araguato m

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɡwa.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɡwa.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈɡwa.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾɐˈɡwa.tu/ [ɐ.ɾɐˈɣwa.tu]

Noun

araguato m (plural araguatos)

1. araguato (a South American monkey, Mycetes ursinus)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾaˈɡwato/ [a.ɾaˈɣ̞wa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: a‧ra‧gua‧to

Noun

araguato m (plural araguatos)

1. howler monkey

Further reading

• “araguato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10